Michelle Tran

Michelle Tran is a director in BRG’s Forensic Accounting practice. She brings over a decade of specialized experience in litigation consulting, forensic investigations, and economic damage analysis.

As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with deep expertise in forensic accounting, Ms. Tran has led complex engagements across a spectrum of matters, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud investigations, divorce proceedings, asset misappropriation, contract disputes, employment issues, and post-acquisition litigation. She is highly skilled in quantifying economic damages, including lost profits, business interruption, and other financial impacts stemming from commercial disputes. She leverages proven investigative techniques to uncover complex financial activities, trace and recover assets, and assess financial losses with precision. Ms. Tran’s experience includes:

• Loss/damage determination: developed financial models and analyzed historical data and market research to assess damages in matters involving breach of contract, fiduciary duty, wrongful termination, business interruption, lost profits, ERISA class actions, and intellectual property disputes.
• Bankruptcy: conducted solvency analyses and evaluated potential fraudulent conveyances in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Forensic and fraud investigations: led investigations into fraudulent financial reporting and asset misappropriation, including transaction testing, fund tracing, and red flag identification.
• Accounting and auditing evaluations: assessed accounting and auditing issues, financial reporting, and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Auditing Standards (GAAS).
• Family law disputes: performed detailed tracing and valuation of marital assets and liabilities, including characterization analyses and business valuations.